Will Eisner (b. 1917)

Born: 1917 March 6 in New York, New York, United States
Died: 2005 January 3 in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, United States
via story credit search for "Will Eisner" external links

Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Will Eisner's Carl Heck pen name has its own Who's Who entry, details found here:
http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=HECK%2C+CARL

Name:

  • Will Eisner
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Will Family name: Eisner

Other Names:

  1. W. E. Eisner Type: Common Alternative Name
  2. William E. Eisner Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: William E. Family name: Eisner
  3. William Erwin Eisner Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: William Erwin Family name: Eisner
  4. Carl Heck Type: Pen Name
  5. William Erwin Maxwell Type: Pen Name
  6. Willis Rensie Type: Pen Name
  7. Willis B. Rensie Type: Pen Name
  8. Jack Seaman Type: Pen Name

Signatures:

  1. Basil Berold [generic]
  2. Bill Rensie [generic]
  3. Bud Thomas [generic]
  4. Carl Heck [generic]
  5. Cary Weyt [generic]
  6. Cory Weyt [generic]
  7. Eisner [generic]
  8. Erwin [generic]
  9. Heck [generic]
  10. Heck! [generic]
  11. Kenneth Lewis [generic]
  12. Rensie [generic]
  13. Will Eisner [generic]
  14. Will Eisner [generic]
  15. Will Erwin [generic]
  16. William Eisner [generic]
  17. William Erwin [generic]
  18. William Erwin Maxwell [generic]
  19. Willis B. Rensie [generic]
  20. Willis Rensie [generic]
  21. Wm. Eisner [generic]

Relations:

  1. Owner - Eisner and Iger Studio (b. 1936)
    Notes: Was owner, but also did writing, pencils and inks for the studio during 1937-1939.
  2. Employer of - Lou Fine (b. 1914)
    Notes: Did pencils and inks. Bails has two different date ranges, one says 1940 to 1943, while the other reads 1941 to 1942.
  3. User of - William Erwin Maxwell
  4. Owner - Will Eisner Studio (b. 1940)
    Notes: Will Eisner was the owner of and did writing, pencil, and ink for his own studio, from 1940 to 1941. Studio was located in the Tudor City section of Manhattan, New York City.

Schools:

  1. Art Students League of New York ? to ?

    Notes: Under George Bridgman.

  2. DeWitt Clinton High School [Bronx] ? to ?


Art Influences:

Will Eisner (b. 1917) stated influences by:
  1. George Herriman (b. 1888)
Influences by Will Eisner (b. 1917) were stated by:
  1. Murphy Anderson (b. 1926)
  2. Mark Askwith (b. 1956)
  3. Matt Baker (b. 1921)
  4. Terry Beatty (b. 1958)
  5. Bob Beerbohm (b. 1952)
  6. Tex Blaisdell (b. 1920)
  7. Larry Blake (b. 1952)
  8. Christopher Bors (b. 1971)
  9. E. Nelson Bridwell (b. 1931)
  10. Anthony Burcher (b. 1959)
  11. Orlando Busino (b. 1926)
  12. Jack Butterworth (b. 1941)
  13. Steve Darnall (b. 1964)
  14. Alison Darrow (b. 1951)
  15. Tom DeFalco (b. 1950)
  16. Kim Deitch (b. 1944)
  17. J. M. DeMatteis (b. 1953)
  18. Chris Ecker (b. 1958)
  19. Joe Edwards (b. 1921)
  20. Jules Feiffer (b. 1929)
  21. Pete Friedrich (b. 1960)
  22. Michael Gallagher (b. 1951)
  23. Michael T. Gilbert (b. 1951)
  24. John Giunta (b. 1920)
  25. Bud Gordinier (b. 1933)
  26. Jerry Grandenetti (b. 1926)
  27. Cully Hamner (b. 1969)
  28. Bo Hampton (b. 1954)
  29. Rocky Hartberg (b. 1953)
  30. Gilbert Hernandez (b. 1957)
  31. Phil Hester (b. 1966)
  32. Klaus Janson (b. 1952)
  33. Dan Jurgens (b. 1959)
  34. Erik Kriek (b. 1966)
  35. Paul Kupperberg (b. 1955)
  36. Roger Langridge (b. 1967)
  37. Batton Lash (b. 1953)
  38. Ken Leach (b. 1947)
  39. Rick Magyar (b. 1954)
  40. Russ Maheras (b. 1954)
  41. Timothy Markin (b. 1968)
  42. David Marshall (b. 1962)
  43. Scott McCloud (b. 1960)
  44. William Messner-Loebs (b. 1949)
  45. Dan Mishkin (b. 1953)
  46. Fábio Moon (b. 1976)
  47. Dean Mullaney (b. 1954)
  48. Don Newton (b. 1934)
  49. Graham Nolan (b. 1962)
  50. Howard Nostrand (b. 1929)
  51. Michael Avon Oeming (b. 1973)
  52. Richard Pace (b. 1968)
  53. Margery Peters (b. 1948)
  54. Mike Ploog (b. 1940)
  55. Eric Powell (b. 1975)
  56. R. David Price (b. 1961)
  57. Joe Pruett (b. 1966)
  58. David Quinn (b. 1959)
  59. Trina Robbins (b. 1938)
  60. Bill Schelly (b. 1951)
  61. Mark Schultz (b. 1955)
  62. David Schwartz (b. 1954)
  63. Steve Sherman (b. 1949)
  64. Steve Skeates (b. 1943)
  65. Bob Smith (b. 1951)
  66. Steve Stiles (b. 1943)
  67. William Stout (b. 1949)
  68. Bob Supina (b. 1962)
  69. Timothy Truman (b. 1956)
  70. Kevin Vetrone (b. 1963)
  71. Neil Vokes (b. 1954)
  72. Mark Wheatley (b. 1954)
  73. Randy Zimmerman (b. 1959)

Memberships:

  1. National Cartoonist Society Type: member

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